Wednesday, July 8, 2015

In my last post I talked about what you could do to make a small entry make a wonderful opening statement for your home.

I
mentioned that it would be a good idea to write down just what that
opening statement would be if your walls could talk. Here is what I
wrote…….

“You
are about to enter the place we love, and call home, as you enter I
hope you know your are welcomed here. We hope we have made you just a
bit curious about how the rest of our home will look by our choices in
colors, wall treatments, and the other elements we chose to greet you.
We love beautiful things, but nothing is too precious in our home that
it will ever be more important than YOU. We hope you feel at peace,
and relaxed while you visit here.”

This
bamboo lattice pattern by Thibaut is open and airy and would introduce
the blue and white that I use in my home in the form of blue and white
porcelain and my blue ticking sofa for the Great room.

I
am doing a traditional feel with a coastal/Nantucket feel so this
could work nicely. It would open up the opportunity to add some tropical
touches in the rest of my home as well.

Since
my entry is so small I would probably use this full wall with a nice
crown molding, and possibly something interesting on the ceiling with a
traditional looking light fixture in a blackish type finish since I use
black and white as a base in my home as well as the blue and white.

This
next selection is another direction that will help elevate my small
entry, and it will also introduce the blue that will be used in my
home…….

I
could use a navy, or I could go brighter with a cobalt blue like this
Ralph Lauren grasscloth, both will introduce color and texture for our
home as well as set the mood for a Traditional/ Nantucket Coastal
feel…….

You can tell by looking at both the above applications that white will be almost as dominant as the blue grasscloth this will help open up the entry hall a bit more visually.

I will order several samples of grasscloth to see which one is more suitable once we move into our home.

With
grasscloth you have to realize their will always be slight variations
in the color from dye lot to dye lot. It is also recommended to do a
reverse strip application to make the seams a bit less noticeable.

With
the grasscloth I would choose a traditional type lighting, but will
have more options than I feel I will have with the bamboo lattice paper.

Lots
to think about, and one decision will lead me to another so it is
important that I have a plan so I can end up with the entry hall that I
will love, and my guest will feel welcomed when they enter our home.